Couvillion: Jessica Hische

Jessica Hische is a designer from Brooklyn who decided to start a project called The Daily Drop Cap where she literally makes a drop cap each day.

Here is her website:

http://jessicahische.com/typographizes/an-illustrative-initial-every-day

And just a small interview:

Menefee-Louise Fili

Specializes in logo, package, restaurant, and book design. She has received Gold and Silver Medals from The Society of Illustrators and New York Art Directors Club.

Sikes_PhilippeApeloig

For my video I chose an interview with the French graphic designer Philippe Apeloig. He is well known for his posters and many of them can be found in MOMA. He has his own studio in Paris, France called "Apeloig." In the video he explains why he designed his posters the way he did. He also explains what inspires him, which I think is something we should consider as well.

Philippe Apeloig: A Master in the art of Typography

Armas - Philippe Apeloig

I chose this video of Philippe Apeloig because I really enjoyed his typography poster designs. I love how he made type into beautiful art pieces. He was born in Paris and is graphic designer who has a serious passion for typography.

Leal_Michael Riley

I chose this Michael Riley film because I think people overlook the art or the work that goes into the intro to movies often and in all reality it is a very important part of the movie. People can always tell exactly what movie they are watching just by the intro. When the animation and titling is interesting it draws the viewer in for the movie and play a big role in the success of movies with little credit to the hard work that is put into it.

I couldn't really figure out how to post the actual video.

Shine - Lawrence Weiner

Lawrence Weiner was a central person in the formation of conceptual art in the 1960s. He is famous for his works of typographic texts and creating gestures. In the 60s he spent 6 years making explosions in the California landscape to create craters as individual sculptures.

Gunter, Paula Scher

Paula Scher is an American graphic designer. She is known for illustrating with type in her designs, whether they be in posters or architecture. She is also well-known as the designer of the citi bank logo. She currently is a partner at the New York office of Pentagram, a prestigious independent design consultancy with offices also in Austin, London and Berlin.

I love this TED talk by Paula Scher because she makes it clear that no matter how successful she is, she never ceases to learn.

SP11 Blog #2 Designer Interview

Blog Assignment #2: Interview with a Designer (Perferably a Type designer)

In this blog assignment you will find a video interview with a designer and post it up on the blog. Tell us a little about who they are, what they're known for, etc. To add a video click the "video" button at the top bar (looks like a film clapper) or if you are on You Tube or something you can usually get the embedding code.

On the title put your LAST name and the NAME of the DESIGNER. Label "interview" on the bottom. This post will be due the Tues. we meet back together. 8/8/11